The agenda was approved as written.

The minutes were approved as written.

EVP Stephen Kinslow and Susan Hamende of Human Resources presented 10-year, 15-year, 20-year, and 25-year service awards to faculty members and thanked all faculty present for their contributions.

AVP Bronson Dorsey and Becky Cole, both of Facilities, presented information and answered questions regarding security, emergency preparedness, and evacuation of ACC facilities. Training sessions and fire drills will be held at each campus. In an emergency, employees were asked to call ACC's new emergency number, 222, instead of dialing 911. When calling this new emergency number 222 from any campus phone, no prefix should be dialed. Emergency instructions will be posted in all classrooms. Faculty members were asked to briefly cover emergency evacuation procedures in their classes at the beginning of each semester. During an emergency, the Administrator-in-Charge will be wearing an orange hat for easy identification. Areas of Rescue Assistance for mobility-impaired individuals will be identified by signs and employees will be notified of their locations at each campus. Emergency information is posted at http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/faoadmin/risk_mgmt_ins/emergency_information.html. Evacuation procedures are posted at http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/faoadmin/pdf/acc_evac_2001.pdf. For more information, please contact Becky Cole at 3-7115 or Bronson Dorsey at 3-7755.

The consensus of the Senate is that the C-2 College Organizational Principles are too vague. Members want clarification about how faculty as a group will have input into issues and decisions impacting faculty and the college. Faculty expressed strong concerns that the only mention of "shared governance" in the Principles occurs with regard to instructional departments instead of with regard to the college as a whole. The Senate is very concerned that the SACS Self-Study is too narrow to examine fully significant overall organizational and administrative issues. The Senate also firmly believes that faculty should have the ultimate decision-making responsibility for departmental leadership. Other concerns addressed include the lack of opportunities for faculty members to communicate with the Board of Trustees and the Administration and the responsibilities of ACC's counselors being too restricted. It was decided that the Senate Officers would present all of these concerns to the Board and Administration and that the Senate would invite Cary Sowell, Chair of the SACS Self-Study Committee, to discuss the SACS Self-Study with the Senate.

• October 1, 2001 - ACC Board of Trustees Meeting: Laura Ore thanked Dr. Fonte and the Administration for their prompt response in posting the nine-month pay scale on the web and in resolving the Master of Fine Arts salary issue. She also voiced faculty concerns with the following issues: schedule creation, faculty evaluation process, and delay in notifying employees of campus forums. She also expressed concerns about the C-2 College Organizational Principles being amended during the summer when many faculty were not present, and she noted that the Senate would be looking closely at these Principles.
• October 15, 2001 - Board of Trustees Work Session at Pinnacle: The reorganization of the committee to examine adjunct compensation was discussed. David Tobey, Daniel Traverso, and Mariano Diaz-Miranda will be serving on behalf of the Senate.
• October 22, 2001 - Senate Officers' Meeting: The new Hiring Procedures were discussed. ACC has made progress in creating diversity but still needs improvement. EVP Kinslow has recommended to the Deans that one committee be created for all positions in each department. An Ad Hoc Committee was formed to meet with Dr. Kinslow regarding Hiring Procedures. This committee consists of Shannon Bailey, Linda Caplin, and Sean Murray. The Evaluation Process was also discussed. Senate Officers were assured that evaluation summary forms for all faculty, including counselors, will be retained by Human Resources and that all support staff will be reminded of confidentiality of such forms. Faculty members were asked to contact their AVP if their Human Resources file is missing any forms. An Ad Hoc Committee consisting of Constance Elko, Steve Bradley, and Joe Lostracco, was formed to meet with Dr. Kinslow to discuss the Evaluation Process.

Chair Constance Elko presented twelve Administrative Rules which had been referred to the committee. Recommended deletions were indicated with strikethroughs and recommended additions with highlights. The following Rules had recommended changes: ACC Internet (External) Website, Publications and Printed Materials, Criminal History Checks, Initial Period of Employment, ACC Support of Community Leadership Programs, Employee Tuition Exemption Vouchers, and Termination of Employment. The following Rules had no recommended changes: Tranfer/Reassignment of Employee, Compensatory Time (Exempt Employees), Employment Verification, and Flex-time. The committee recommended that the Rule on Faculty Evaluation be rewritten before they review it. The Senate approved all recommendations with a few minor edits.

Senate President Laura Ore filled in until Chair John Cise arrived. The committee is currently concerned with obtaining information regarding ACC's placement of full-time faculty on the pay scale, obtaining salary information from other metro colleges, and determining whether ACC's full-time faculty salaries are below average. It appears that ACC's full-time faculty salaries are currently approximately 5.5% below average. The Senate passed two resolutions supporting the committee's efforts:

1) The Senate will request that the Administration compile ACC's full-time faculty pay scale placement information and give it to the Senate's Salary and Benefits Committee immediately.
2) The Senate will ask the Administration to request full-time faculty salary information from other metro colleges for pay scale comparisons and give this information to the Senate's Salary and Benefits Committee as soon as possible.
John Cise also recommended that we start comparing ACC with only the six big city community colleges and that we exclude Collin and Lee from our comparisons.

The following announcements were made:

• ACC's Counselors have issues which are being referred to the Senate's Academic Affairs committee. These issues include being forced to have identical external greeting voice mail messages, not being given permission to attend meetings, and not being allowed to teach a class for a reduction in office hours.
• Three of ACC's Board of Trustees seats are up for election in May. ACC's AFT union is working hard to identify outstanding candidates to endorse. If you know of candidates or would like further information, please contact any fellow employees who are union members or State Representative Evan Butcher at Evanb37@aol.com or 448-0130.
• The next Senate meeting will be November 30th.

Caryn Newburger substituted for Patti Dungan. The following Senators were absent: Daisy Diaz-Alemany, Steve Kirschner, John Maynard, Robyn Richter, David Tobey, and Daniel Traverso.